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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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A Tanka boat operated by two boatwomen is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Tanka boat at sea, operated by two boatwomen, one standing amidships and the other seated in the stern. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and its vicinity. The drawing was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album with 93 works by Chinnery.
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George Chinnery (Chinese: 錢納利; 5 January 1774 – 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China.
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